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CrochetGranny's Journal

A blog by CrochetGranny in General

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CrochetGranny's Journal, a weight loss surgery blog by CrochetGranny on BariatricPal. 18 entries on surgery, recovery and progress.

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2nd Fill & Birthday Goals

Well, I had my 2nd fill last Thursday (Oct 4) and got to experience my first sliming episode and first PB!! Tried to take my pills Thursday night (which I hadn't had any trouble with before) and had a major sliming (frothing at the mouth) attack!! Well, I cut out the 2 big ones and drank lots of water with all the little ones and that did the trick the next time. Also 2 nights later went out to eat; thought I was starving because we waited so long; ate too much and too fast. Spent about 15 m

Two Months Post-Op Tomorrow

I can't believe I haven't updated my journal since one week post-op. I enjoy reading all the other journals, but have been lax in updating mine.   Went back and got my list of things I wanted to do, so am updating it here: I hope to be able to do all these things when I lose some weight: 1) Ride my horse without worrying that I am breaking his back!! Too hot, haven't even tried. He's having fun in the pasture. 2) Have the energy to clean my house and shovel out all the stuff I gathered t

One Week Post-Op

Today is my 1 week anniversary!! Had my first post-op visit yesterday. I am down 1.5 lb from date of surgery (guess I'll take it, since I've seen others say they gained quite a bit from the surgery then lost it again. I was up 2 lbs the day after surgery and then back down. I've lost 11.5 lbs so far since first consultation. I am lucky, have not had ANY gas, incisions healing clean and not sore.   Picked tame blackberries today, humid; had to bend over to pick quite a few of them (close

I AM BANDED!!!!!!!

:clap2:Yesterday was the day! Got to the hospital about 9:00. Surgery was to be at 10:30; think I went in around 11:30. Everything went A OK! Got out, drank a bunch of little cups of water, walked around, peed, and then left for home at 6:00. Nice little hospital, great service (Clinton, Il). (Only problem pain medicine made me nauseous - had to sit and take a few deep breaths, then everything was ok)   More water the rest of the evening. Today is clear liquids- jello, sugarfree popsic

Tomorrow Pre-op to Post-op!!!

Well, tomorrow's the big day!! I did pretty good on my pre-op diet until the last few days. Instead of the diet frozen dinner, I had a couple salads with v/o garlic dressing, some ripe tomatoes, some fried fish. I stayed pretty well within the calories, carbs and protein allotted, but I think some days I had too much fat!!   I won't be writing in here anymore until I'm on the other side - got to get up early tomorrow to make the hour and a half trip to the hospital. See ya on the other si

Horse riding lessons

In only 3 more days I'll be out of surgery about this time and starting the rest of my journey to a smaller me!! I have so far lost 11 pounds (9 on my pre-op diet); so ready to get this done and over with!!!   I need to be cleaning my house and getting ready since I reckon I won't feel much like any cleaning in about 3 days!! But don't feel like it today either!! No day is a good day!   Had people over for a wienie roast last night and a hayride. One couple brought their grandkids over

PCP Visit

Ninth day on pre-op diet - going great!!   Another protein review: 1) Unjury chocolate flavor: very good, same as other unjury, I put it in 6 oz skim milk. Liked it fine.   Seen my PCP today. Although she was not enthused in previous visit about the lapband, she wanted to know when it is scheduled; I told her. She offered to get me liquid shake mixes but I told her I was using primarily Unjury. She asked how I felt about the surgery; did I think I would go into a depression, etc. She

Paid Up!!

Took my check to the doctor's office today. Checked to see if they have my doctor's records - they do NOT!! Only have until a week from Friday to get them. Hope this doesn't hold up my surgery! Did my lab work today and chest x-ray. Didn't do the EKG because I just did a nuclear stress test a couple weeks ago; of course they need the results of that which they don't have yet!!   I need to set a list of small goals to have along the way. My final weight goal is 130 (5'2") which is the la

IDS Vanilla-Cinnamon - Awesome!!!

This morning I tried IDS low-carb Multi-Pro Whey in Vanilla-Cinnamon flavor - really really good!!! And this is from a person that doesn't really LIKE vanilla stuff. This was in my BariatricEating.com sample packet. I don't care for flavored coffee (I take mine black) but I think this would even be good in coffee for those who like the sweet flavored coffee stuff. I imagine you would have to watch the temperature of the coffee though, because Unjury says not to put theirs in anything above 13

Getting There!!!

Day 5 of pre-op; going fine; not really hungry. I'm glad this is going good for me; I see so many posts where people are having problem with this pre-op thing.   Protein shake today: Muscle Milk (chocolate flavor; regular) - pretty good; but I prefer the Muscle Milk light. So far Muscle Milk is my 'sweet' protein shake of choice. Haven't yet tried the flavored Unjury; I need to do that. I do the sweet shake for breakfast, the chicken broth one for lunch, and then my frozen low carb diet me

13 Days til Banding!!!

Today is day 3 of pre-op. I stayed within my calories yesterday, but overdid it on carbs!! I thought all the dinners in my freezer were less than 20 grams carbs; I cooked one then looked at the carbs: 43!! oh no, should have pitched it but I went ahead and ate it. Then had blueberries for snack, and they are higher carb too. Some friends came over and brought a watermelon, I went ahead and ate some because I didn't want to have to explain. She asked twice what kind of diet I was on and I sai

Pre-op has started!!!

Well, I survived the 4th of July without totally pigging out.   Yesterday, July 5, started my pre-op diet and also had my pre-op visit. Knew I would be away from home all day so filled my cooler up with water and protein shakes, etc and headed to pre-op visit. Ended up eating about 700 calories (1000 is my limit) so think I did great. Went to visit hubby's sister and went to open-stage music she goes to; didn't get home until 11:00 p.m. I was afraid I would blow it since I wouldn't be home

Protein Critique

So far, 1) I LOVE the unflavored Unjury in chicken broth 2) Like the Muscle Milk light chocolate mint pretty good 3) EAS AdvantEdge chocolate - eh, ok, but not as good as #2 4) Syntrax Nectar Lemon Tea - three words for this NASTY NASTY NASTY. This was in my Bariatric Eating sample pak. I got the new shaker and when I first starting drinking from it thought, didn't wash this shaker good enough, it has a nasty smell - poured it into a regular cup - it ain't the shaker, it's the Lemon Tea.

"test driving pre-op"

Did good on my pre-op yesterday until last night when I was to have 3 cups popcorn. Popped 2 bags (1 for hubby, 1 for me) thinking a bag was 3 cups (NOT!!!) Ate the whole bag anyway. As I said, this is just a test drive, the real thing starts July 5. Loving the chicken broth with unflavored Unjury protein in it - I know I will get tired of all those sweet shakes. Also had a EAS AdvantEdge in chocolate, prefer the Muscle Milk. Bought skim milk today, so am going to try the Unjury flavored t

Starting Pre-op Diet Early

This morning I started my pre-op diet early. At my consultation I weighed 243. at home and 246.5 at the doctors (June 21); this morning I weighed 241.5. I drank a Muscle Milk Light for breakfast in chocolate mint flavor. Didn't taste the mint much; just tasted like chocolate milk but maybe a little 'heavier' texture. I think it'll be okay.   Got my bicycle out yesterday and raised the handlebars (kept bumping them with my knees, and I'm SHORT), aired up the tires, fixed the seat so it would qu

Why My Doctors Weren't Enthusiastic

I had a comment asking why my doctors weren't encouraging about the surgery. My cardiologist said 'you can eat thru the band if you want to'. I replied that I knew that; that I had been researching it for several weeks, and that I was aware of the ways the band could be defeated.   My primary care physician is a very caring physician, and one of the very few who doesn't throw pills at every ailment you have. She is a very strong believer in natural medicines, vitamins, etc. In fact, the day be

Why I Want This Surgery

I guess I should explain why I feel I need this surgery. I was always the smallest child (or close to it) all thru school. I weighed 98 pounds when I was graduated from high school. I was always a 'hungry' child - eating anything and everything I could get my hands on. We were moderately 'poor' so mostly starches, beans, etc. From the birth of my daughter (when I was 20 on), the scales started creeping up. (I thought I was 'fat' at 130 pounds and 5'2" after I delivered!!)   After a divor

My First Journal Entry

I have been researching lapband surgery for several months. So far I have taken these steps:   .5-22- 07 Attended a seminar in Bloomington, Il .6-7-07 Visited cardiologist - She was not enthusiastic about lapband surgery. .6-8-07 Visited primary care physician - She was also not enthusiastic about lapband surgery .6-21-07 Appointment with Dr Rohrscheib (bariatric surgeon) - found out my insurance requires 1 year diet. Decided to go ahead with surgery and be self-pay. Scheduled for 8-6-07

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